Surgical instruments, devices or methods

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
Subclass:: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

Scope Notes

Limiting references: Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body Dental tools Eye surgery Ear surgery

Related Keywords

surgical ANAL appliancesBOUGIESCHIROMANTIC apparatusmodifying CIRCULATION of blood by surgerysurgical CLAMP(S)instruments for COLOTOMYsurgical guillotinesmedical DILATORSmedical appliances for DISLOCATIONtreating HAEMORRHAGE by surgerytreating HAEMORRHOIDS by surgerysurgical HOOK(S)MIRROR(S) in surgical instrumentssurgical NEEDLE(S)OBTURATORS for surgeryOESOPHAGEAL instruments for surgeryPHARYNGEAL instrumentstreating PILE(S) by surgerymedical PROBE(S)REFLECTORS for surgical instrumentssurgical RETRACTORSmedical SCARIFICATORSmedical SKIN(S) raspssurgical SNARESinspecting or operating on STOMACH(S)instruments for SURGERYTRACHEOTOMYremoving WARTS by surgery

18 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A61B 17/02 for holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors
A61B 17/03 for closing wounds or holding wounds closed; Accessories for use therewith
A61B 17/12 for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord
A61B 17/14 Surgical saws
A61B 17/16 Instruments for performing osteoclasis; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans
A61B 17/2 for vaccinating or cleaning the skin previous to the vaccination
A61B 17/22 Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
A61B 17/225 for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy [ESWL], e.g. by using ultrasonic waves
A61B 17/24 for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose; Tongue scrapers
A61B 17/28 Surgical forceps
A61B 17/3 Surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers
A61B 17/32 Surgical cutting instruments
A61B 17/34 Trocars; Puncturing needles
A61B 17/42 Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods
A61B 17/5 Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body
A61B 17/54 Chiropodists' instruments
A61B 17/56 Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
A61B 17/94 Endoscopic surgical instruments